Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737752

Difficulty date
August 7, 2012
Submitted
August 22, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N904AM
Make and model
Boeing 737752
Aircraft serial
28262
Aircraft time
26,240 hours, 14,271 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B22
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bs 260-262
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT DURING CLIMB, A BIRD STRIKE ON FUSELAGE SKIN AND LT WING L/E FLAPS. PERFORMED INSPECTION FOR BIRD STRIKE IAW 05-51-18, FOUND 1 DENT ON STA 260 BETWEEN S-15 TO S-16L LENGTH 1.5" WIDTH 1.0" DEPTH 0.023", ONE DENT ON BS 262 BETWEEN S15L TO S16L LENGTH 1" WIDTH 0.750" DEPTH 0.020", 1 DENT ON STA 266 BETWEEN S-15L TO S-16L LENGTH 7" WIDTH 3" DEPTH 0.020" AND 1 DENT ON STN 266 BETWEEN S-16L TO S-17L LENGTH 9.0" WIDTH 3" DEPTH 0.039" THEY WERE WITHIN LIMITS IAW SRM 53-00-01, SO WAS PERFORMED NDTM PART 6 IAW 51-00-00 AND NO CRACKS FOUND. DAMAGE WAS REMOVED AND REPAIRED IAW AMX-12-0332-01C, SRM 57-41-01, SRM 51-40-02 AND MM 27-81-11, ALL CORRECT.